Smith Dana K, Johnson Amber B, Pears Katherine C, Fisher Philip A, DeGarmo David S
Oregon Social Learning Center, OR 97401-4928, USA.
Child Maltreat. 2007 May;12(2):150-60. doi: 10.1177/1077559507300129.
Parental substance use is a well-documented risk for children. However, little is known about specific effects of prenatal and postnatal substance use on child maltreatment and foster care placement transitions. In this study, the authors unpacked unique effects of (a) prenatal and postnatal parental alcohol and drug use and (b) maternal and paternal substance use as predictors of child maltreatment and foster care placement transitions in a sample of 117 maltreated foster care children. Models were tested with structural equation path modeling. Results indicated that prenatal maternal alcohol use predicted child maltreatment and that combined prenatal maternal alcohol and drug use predicted foster care placement transitions. Prenatal maternal alcohol and drug use also predicted postnatal paternal alcohol and drug use, which in turn predicted foster care placement transitions. Findings highlight the potential integrative role that maternal and paternal substance use has on the risk for child maltreatment and foster care placement transitions.
父母使用药物是有据可查的儿童风险因素。然而，对于产前和产后使用药物对儿童虐待及寄养安置转变的具体影响，我们知之甚少。在本研究中，作者剖析了（a）产前和产后父母酒精及药物使用，以及（b）母亲和父亲使用药物，作为117名受虐待寄养儿童样本中儿童虐待及寄养安置转变预测因素的独特影响。通过结构方程路径建模对模型进行了测试。结果表明，产前母亲饮酒可预测儿童虐待，产前母亲酒精和药物联合使用可预测寄养安置转变。产前母亲酒精和药物使用还可预测产后父亲酒精和药物使用，进而预测寄养安置转变。研究结果凸显了母亲和父亲使用药物在儿童虐待风险及寄养安置转变方面可能具有的综合作用。
